I Burned for Your Peace Augustine's Confessions Unpacked [Paperback]

Popular author and philosopher Peter Kreeft delves into one of the most beloved Christian classics of all time--Augustine'sConfessions. He collects key passages and offers incisive commentary, makingConfessionsaccessible to any reader who is both intellectually curious and spiritually hungry.

TheConfessionsis a dramatic personal narrative of a soul choosing between eternal life and death, an exploration of the timeless questions great minds have been asking for millennia, and a prayer of praise and thanksgiving to God.I Burned for Your Peaceis not a scholarly work but an unpacking of the riches found in Augustine's text. It is existential, personal, and devotional, as well as warm, witty, and thought-provoking. With Kreeft to guide them, readers of theConfessionscan overhear and understand the intimate conversation between a towering intellect and the God whose peace he at last humbly accepts.

Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy at Boston College, is one of the most respected Christian authors of our time. His many bestselling books cover a vast array of topics in spirituality, theology, and philosophy. They includeHow to Be Holy,Practical Theology,Back to Virtue,Because God Is Real,You Can Understand the Bible,Angels and Demons,Heaven: The Heart's Deepest Longing, andA Summa of the Summa.